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Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1.

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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:08:02 +0100, "Phill W."
<p-.-a-.-w-a-r-d-@-o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> wrote:

>On 19/09/2011 14:22, Bert van den Dongen wrote:
>
>> After installing SP1 of Windows7 I compiled a new exe for
>> one of my customers and uploaded it to them. They reported
>> immediately a runtime error: "Class does not support automation
>> or does not support selected interface”.
>> On my PC everything just ran fine.
>>
>> After googling for a day I found out that the problem was
>> caused by SP1 of Windows7. It has to do with early or late
>> binding and a good reference is KB976932.
>
>I found this described it in this [l.o..n...g-running] exchange:
>
>http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/3a4ce946-effa-4f77-98a6-34f11c6b5a13 
>
>
>
>I have to say, I just *love* the final two entries -
>
>EinmalIM:
> > Just noticed that in the current preview of Windows 8 the typelibs
> > up to ADO 6.0 are *rolled back* to pre-Win7-SP1-state and the
> > new/changed interfaces in Win7-SP1 are moved into a new typelib
> > version 6.1 ...
>
>Pak-Ming Cheung:
> > ... The *Windows 8 Preview* build contains the /complete fix of this
> > issue/.
>
>So, the "recommended" solution to the wholesale carnage caused by what 
>/should/ have been an innocuous Service Pack is to upgrade to a whole 
>new Operating System!?
>
>Oh Good Grief!
>

What bothers me is that the root cause of the problem is such a rookie
COM error and the response so amazingly lame.

I find it impossible to believe that no developer recognized trouble
brewing the instant they saw the new Interfaces - a bean counter had
to have been involved somewhere.

-ralph

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Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Bert van den Dongen" <BertDongen@gmail.com> - 2011-09-19 15:22 +0200
  Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-09-19 10:03 -0400
    Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Bert van den Dongen" <BertDongen@gmail.com> - 2011-09-19 17:15 +0200
  Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Phill W." <p-.-a-.-w-a-r-d-@-o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> - 2011-09-19 16:08 +0100
    Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-09-19 11:49 -0500
    Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. Eric Coleman <eric@strategon.com> - 2011-09-21 07:19 -0500
  Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-09-19 14:43 -0400
    Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-09-19 14:45 -0400
      Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-10-09 00:23 +0200
        Re: Problems caused by Windows7 SP1. ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-08 19:39 -0500

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